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no•e•gen•e•sis
(nō′ē jen′ə sis),USA pronunciation n.
no•e•ge•net•ic
(nō′ē jə net′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
- Philosophythe production of new knowledge from sensory or intellectual experience.
- Greek noē- (combining form representing nóēsis intelligence, or nóēma perception, thought) + -genesis
- 1920–25;